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Rotary works to improve the quality of life for all people.Rotary is an international service organization of 1.2 million business and professional men and women who, as volunteers, address needs of their home and international communities.Rotary exists to do good in the world. Rotary initiates local and international service projects to promote world understanding and peace and improve the life conditions for people of all ages and cultures. Rotary's strength lies in the volunteer service of its membership, an international network of business and professional leaders implementing a wide range of programs to meet human needs.Rotarians are men and women of integrity who represent a cross-section of business and professional backgrounds. As volunteers of all ages, they work to meet community and international concerns.Rotary's strength is that it is both international and local. With more than 29,000 clubs serving communities in 162 countries, Rotary is ideally suited to addressing such problems.Through PolioPlus, Rotary leads private sector participation in the global effort to eradicate polio. Rotary's volunteer and financial assistance in vaccination efforts means polio will disappear in nation after nation, and region after regionRotary's community-based leadership in target countries was a deciding factor in the World Health Assembly's goal of polio eradication.